EV Group Appoints Industry Veteran as the New General Manager of EV Group Korea

EV Group (EVG), a leading
supplier of wafer bonding and lithography equipment for the MEMS, nanotechnology
and semiconductor markets, today announced it has appointed Dr. Weonsik Yang
as the new general manager of EV Group Korea Ltd. -- the company's subsidiary
in Seoul opened earlier this year. In this role, Dr. Yang is charged with leading
EVG's strategic efforts in the growing region. This includes strengthening the
company's regional customer sales, service and support efforts, as well as expanding
upon its existing R&D partnerships. Dr. Yang succeeds Bioh Kim, acting general
manager, who will be refocusing his role as business development manager at
EVG North America.

Hermann Waltl, EVG's senior vice president of sales, noted, 'Our aim is to
provide our customers with the best support possible, and we are taking deep
strides to expand upon our commitment to the Korean market following the recent
opening of our own subsidiary. As such, we are excited to welcome Dr. Yang to
expand our subsidiary's reach and spearhead our customer and R&D efforts
in this burgeoning market. His extensive capital equipment experience, both
strategic and technical in nature, complements our needs -- making him a vital
asset to our Korean operations.'

Dr. Yang brings more than 15 years of capital equipment experience to his role
as general manager of EVG Korea. Prior to joining the company, he worked in
various roles with increasing responsibilities at Dongbu HiTek Co., Ltd. During
his more than 10-year tenure with Dongbu, he took on a number of responsibilities,
including roles within its fab process engineering, technology planning, manufacturing
technology, and production support teams. He started his career as a team lead
at Iljin, where he managed its new business development team. Dr. Yang earned
his bachelor's degree in metallurgical engineering at Seoul National University,
and obtained his master's and doctorate degrees in the field from Michigan Technological
University.

EVG celebrated the official opening of its Korean subsidiary in June 2008.
The local office serves as the company's direct-to-customer site for sales,
service and support, supplanting EVG's sales and distribution partnership model
to adapt to the growing customer demands for localized efforts. The company
is already working with leading semiconductor high-volume manufacturers and
wafer foundries, along with various universities and research centers, including
the BioIT National Foundry Center-which was established by Korea's Ministry
of Commerce, Industry and Energy.

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